A Celebration of Mediocrity

Why the fuck is there a documentary called "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story" on my Tivo guide listings? I don't understand the world's obsession with her. She's not very good. Mediocre, at best. I thought it was bad enough that Andrea Bocelli got famous because he's blind. And Sarah Brightman got famous because she was married to Andrew Lloyd Weber. Now Susan Boyle's famous because she's ugly and everyone expected her to sing like a hyena.

Anyone else have complaints about people who really shouldn't be famous?

Why the fuck is there a documentary called "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story" on my Tivo guide listings? I don't understand the world's obsession with her. She's not very good. Mediocre, at best. I thought it was bad enough that Andrea Bocelli got famous because he's blind. And Sarah Brightman got famous because she was married to Andrew Lloyd Weber. Now Susan Boyle's famous because she's ugly and everyone expected her to sing like a hyena.

Anyone else have complaints about people who really shouldn't be famous?

I had a slight crush on you but you've just trashed Sarah Brightman AND SuBo. *cry* It can never be...

danisnotstr8 saidA Celebration of Mediocrity: The Susan Boyle StoryWhy the fuck is there a documentary called "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story" on my Tivo guide listings? I don't understand the world's obsession with her. She's not very good. Mediocre, at best.

I'm going to say there's a large audience out there who was despairing of any female singer having a career if she didn't look, dress and act like a pole dancer. They play a few video channels at my gym and, during an hour on the treadmill, I am inundated with one starved looking 20-something in a body stocking after another. They are beautiful, to be sure, but it is also gets monotonous and - when you compare it to the variety among the male singers - I find the typecasting is ridiculous and evident.

Maybe seeing Susan Boyle is refreshing for them. And then there's the question of taste. Thank the powers that be that we don't all have the same.

I saw a television commercial for something with Hulk Hogan in it and thought to myself "It's still kicking...." - then I shuddered.Tom Cruise - I would file him under "shit on the white shag carpet"Marie Osmond - She's a money grubbing whore - also , she chews her cud twice

There are so many more. I am dismayed, disgruntled and disoriented. Sometimes I watch paid programs on TV just to see if I can convince myself that the world is really what it seems to be. For the second time in ten years I went to Walmart last night - it was weird - sort of like a short story on LSD.Anyway there were a lot of potentially famous people there.

Susan Boyle's got a lovely voice and she is the epitome of ordinary but that is her appeal. She also seems real and is not fake like the Pussycat Dolls or that weird looking ex-junkie bird Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas.

I like her and I think a lot of people from America like her too because she's the usually invisible, middle-aged woman who has surmounted obvious obstacles and made good for herself.

redheadguy saidSusan Boyle's got a lovely voice and she is the epitome of ordinary but that is her appeal. She also seems real and is not fake like the Pussycat Dolls or that weird looking ex-junkie bird Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas.

I like her and I think a lot of people from America like her too because she's the usually invisible, middle-aged woman who has surmounted obvious obstacles and made good for herself.

How can you not like someone who has a cat called Bubbles?

This is really what plays a large role in the love for Susan Boyle. Mainly, she is a living Cinderella with her being often overlooked and never able to attend the ball before fate decided to change her life. Its doing so led to her getting a chance to alter everything thanks to her own fairy godmother known as reality television, and no one was expecting anything from her. These low expectations led to the perfect opportunity for her to blow everyone away. Suddenly like that, she becomes, even though she is Scottish, the epitome of the American Dream: someone who has worked hard to overcome obstacles and then succeeded. And everyone loves the American Dream.

While I am indifferent to Boyle overall, I am right there with the poster about Jennifer Aniston. I have tried to figure out why she is so great (even watching The Good Girl to so), but her celebrity status still baffles me.

Why the fuck is there a documentary called "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story" on my Tivo guide listings? I don't understand the world's obsession with her. She's not very good. Mediocre, at best. I thought it was bad enough that Andrea Bocelli got famous because he's blind. And Sarah Brightman got famous because she was married to Andrew Lloyd Weber. Now Susan Boyle's famous because she's ugly and everyone expected her to sing like a hyena.

Anyone else have complaints about people who really shouldn't be famous?

Millions don't agree with you...and that's okay. No artist is for everyone. I loves me some SuBo and big Sarah Brightman fan here.

RSportsguy saidThis might be blasphemous at a gay website, but I don't get the appeal of Sarah Jessica Parker.

Agree completely. Horseface.I've seen better faces on a clock.

Also Andre Rieu. He's a "sensation" over here in Australia, but the reality is he is a hack violinist who makes any classically trained musician feel like sticking knitting needles in their ears every time he "performs". Spending a ton of money on his concert staging doesn't make him any better, it just masks the fact that any decent seven year old violinist could leave him in the dust.

Not only is Subo a talented singer in my opinion, she had the courage and confidence to walk on that stage in front of thousands of people mocking her. She also faced one of the harshest talent critics in this day and age, yet completely enthralled the audience and judges with her performance. You can say you do not personally appreciate her voice or talent, but to say that she is a mediocre performer is ludicrous.